Tex. Health & Safety Code § 260.0091 · Chapter 260. BOARDING HOME FACILITIES
REQUIRED REPORT BY LESSOR OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) owns a building that the person leases to another person who operates a boarding home facility in the building;
(2) has actual knowledge that a resident of the boarding home facility is being or has been abused, neglected, or exploited; and
(3) fails to report the abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the Department of Family and Protective Services for investigation by that agency.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046 (S.B. 189), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.260.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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